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Facebook Deletes Free Palestine Page

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Re: Facebook Deletes Free Palestine Page

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where is free speech when it comes to Israel?

"Free speech" doesn't mean you get to say whatever you want, wherever you want, and whenever you want. Fundamentally it just means that the government can't pass a law to prevent you from expressing your opinion. It in no way implies that every private venue (e.g. Facebook) is required to accomadate your opinions. The corollary to my free speech is that you have a right to not have to listen to me if you so choose.

Re: Facebook Deletes Free Palestine Page

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post #2

where is free speech when it comes to Israel?

"Free speech" doesn't mean you get to say whatever you want, wherever you want, and whenever you want. Fundamentally it just means that the government can't pass a law to prevent you from expressing your opinion. It in no way implies that every private venue (e.g. Facebook) is required to accomadate your opinions. The corollary to my free speech is that you have a right to not have to listen to me if you so choose.

well, criticizing Israel is part of free speech. the page was calling for uprising against Israeli occupation. how different is this from calling to oust corrupt Mubarak? why is it ok not to have a venue to criticize israel while it is ok to insult the prophet of islam?

Re: Facebook Deletes Free Palestine Page

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

he is jewish and the page was criticizing the Jewish state israel

But it's not worth mentioning, because the odds are 99.99999999% against that having anything to do with the page's removal. Honestly, these kind of racist twitches really do a great disservice to certain Muslim authors. The knee-jerk "BLAME THE JOOZ" response might be understandable if Israel has been systematically trying to kill your family, but in a world of rational discourse it makes me want to write you off as…

for Mark being a jew it is relevant, since this is double standards against Muslims. while Facebook keep the pages that Insults the prophet of Islam, it deletes the pages that criticize Israeli occupation of Palestine. how does criticizing Israeli war crimes a wrong thing to do!?

What if facebook deleted a memorable page for the holocaust and Mark was Muslim or German what would you say then?

Re: Facebook Deletes Free Palestine Page

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post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

he is jewish and the page was criticizing the Jewish state israel

But it's not worth mentioning, because the odds are 99.99999999% against that having anything to do with the page's removal. Honestly, these kind of racist twitches really do a great disservice to certain Muslim authors. The knee-jerk "BLAME THE JOOZ" response might be understandable if Israel has been systematically trying to kill your family, but in a world of rational discourse it makes me want to write you off as…

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Re: Facebook Deletes Free Palestine Page

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... was calling for Palestinian uprising against the Israeli occupation of Palestine.

What kind of uprising? A peaceful, political movement? A forceful, military uprising, or use of terrorist tactics? On one level this could be considered free speech, on another, inciting violence.

Re: Facebook Deletes Free Palestine Page

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If CEO Mark Zuckerberg is Jewish, that means Facebook is a Jewish site. By creating a page on it, I can only surmise that you are a secret Jew pretending to be an Arab. Why else would you use a handle like "ArabGeek"? You're just trying to convince us that you're not a Jew, when you really are. We know who you really are. Just another member of the Zionist conspiracy.

Re: Facebook Deletes Free Palestine Page

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post #2

where is free speech when it comes to Israel?

"Free speech" doesn't mean you get to say whatever you want, wherever you want, and whenever you want. Fundamentally it just means that the government can't pass a law to prevent you from expressing your opinion. It in no way implies that every private venue (e.g. Facebook) is required to accomadate your opinions. The corollary to my free speech is that you have a right to not have to listen to me if you so choose.

> It in no way implies that every private venue (e.g. Facebook) is required to accomadate your opinions.

If Facebook is a communication medium it must not hinder free speech.

Re: Facebook Deletes Free Palestine Page

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post #17

... was calling for Palestinian uprising against the Israeli occupation of Palestine. What kind of uprising? A peaceful, political movement? A forceful, military uprising, or use of terrorist tactics? On one level this could be considered free speech, on another, inciting violence.

What do you mean by violence? If you mean military or forceful than I don't agree. A land taken by force you get it back only by force.
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